Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!megatek!hollen From: hollen@megatek (Dion Hollenbeck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: How to write protect c: but not d: ? Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 90 15:52:16 GMT References: <1027@gistdev.gist.com> <1990Nov29.185615.25791@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Sender: root@megatek.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California Lines: 29 In-reply-to: devolder@matt.ksu.ksu.edu's message of 29 Nov 90 18:56:15 GMT In article <1027@gistdev.gist.com> flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes: > >I would guess that other people have faced this problem, so maybe someone >can recommend a solution: >What I need is the ability to write-protect the C: drive, while leaving >the D: drive read-write: then I could leave the binaries I don't want >changed on C: and leave datafiles for things like games on D:. >(Actually I have drives up to I:, and they are all on one 300MB disk: >I'd like to be able to pick-and-choose which drives would be write >protected.) I am using Disk Manager by ONTRAK and it has just these capabilities. When preparing your partitions (yes, you will need to backup and restore to use it) you specify whether partitions are R, W, R/W and whether they are bootable (supports multiple opsys). You can start out specifying R/W, load all your software and then go back and modify the partition information to make one or more write only. You can create up to 24 partitions. I got this software with my hard disk and it works wonderfully. I am now contacting the company to get the latest version. The phone is 800-752-1333. You can order directly or ask for a distributor locally which will be cheaper. List price is $125. -- Dion Hollenbeck (619) 455-5590 x2814 Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121 uunet!megatek!hollen or hollen@megatek.uucp